Surf’s Up, Cinephiles: Takeshi Kitano’s A Scene at the Sea Washes Ashore in Imported 35mm Print on April 30Plus! Summer 2018 Season Announced

Monday, April 30 @7:00 PMA SCENE AT THE SEADirected by Takeshi Kitano • 1991In Japanese with English subtitlesBest known in the US for violent thrillers like Boiling Point and Sonatine—and better known in Japan as a famous stand-up comedian and TV host—Takeshi Kitano launched his own production company with this gentle, haunting masterpiece. A Scene at the Sea tells the story of a deaf trash collector (Claude Maki) who finds a broken surfboard on his garbage route. He repairs it and, encouraged by his girlfriend (one-time actor Hiroko Ôshima), begins surfing every day, eventually entering in competitions. Driven by the music of frequent Miyazaki collaborator Joe Hisaishi, A Scene at the Sea is a film “with a minimalist eloquence that allows the movie to suggest all the joys and difficulties of life” (Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader). Named one of the ten best films of the ’90s by David Bordwell, A Scene at the Sea screened for a weeklong run at Facets Cinematheque in 1996 (one of very few US engagements) and has been burned in the brain of this CFS contributor ever since. We guarantee it will stay with you for twenty years or your money back. (JA)
101 min • Office Kitano • 35mm from The Japan Foundation, Permission TamasaShort: “Study in Wet” (Homer Groening, 1964) – 16mm – 9 min

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And just like that, we have a new season upon us!

Pull up a deck chair, pop open a can of Moxie, and check out all 27 programs we have slated for Summer 2018.